1 Timothy 6:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

For those who want to become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many useless and harmful desires, which submerge men in destruction and in perdition.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he responded to her: "I spoke to Naboth, the Jezreelite, and I said to him: 'Give your vineyard to me, and accept money. Or if it pleases you, I will give to you a better vineyard, in place of it.' And he said, 'I will not give my vineyard to you.' "

Psalm 11:6

Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever pursues avarice disturbs his own house. But whoever hates bribes shall live. Through mercy and faith, sins are purged. But through the fear of the Lord, each one turns aside from evil.

Proverbs 20:21

When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.

Proverbs 21:6

Whoever gathers treasures by a lying tongue is vain and heartless. And he will stumble into the snares of death.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to you who join house to house, and who combine field to field, even to the limits of the place! Do you intend to live alone in the midst of the earth?

Zechariah 11:5

which those who possessed them cut down, and they did not feel sorrow, and they sold them, saying: "Blessed be the Lord; we have become wealthy. Even their shepherds did not spare them."

Numbers 31:8

And they put to death by the sword their kings: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five leaders of the nation, and also Balaam the son of Beor.

Matthew 13:22

And whoever has received the seed among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the falseness of riches suffocate the word, and he is effectively without fruit.

Matthew 19:22

And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Matthew 26:15

and he said to them, "What are you willing to give me, if I hand him over to you?" So they appointed thirty pieces of silver for him.

Matthew 6:19

Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.

Mark 4:19

but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.

Luke 12:21

So it is with him who stores up for himself, and is not wealthy with God."

Luke 21:35

For like a snare it will overwhelm all those who sit upon the face of the entire earth.

Acts 8:20

"Let your money be with you in perdition, for you have supposed that a gift of God might be possessed by money.

Ephesians 4:22

to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,

Deuteronomy 7:25

Their graven images, you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or gold from which they have been made. And you shall not take for yourself anything from these, lest you offend, because this is an abomination to the Lord your God.

1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this, that the law was not set in place for the just, but for the unjust and the insubordinate, for the impious and sinners, for the wicked and the defiled, for those who commit patricide, matricide, or homicide,

1 Timothy 3:7

And it is necessary for him also to have good testimony from those who are outside, so that he may not fall into disrepute and the snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 6:10

For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,

2 Timothy 2:26

and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

Titus 2:12

instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age,

Joshua 7:11

Israel has sinned and transgressed my covenant. And they have taken from what is anathema. And they have stolen and lied, and they have hidden it among their goods.

2 Peter 2:3

And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone after the way of Cain, and they have poured out the error of Balaam for profit, and they have perished in the sedition of Korah.